The whole of the ball has to be over the line. Why not the whole of the body past...
... the defender to be offside.
As I said below, the problem for me is the frame rate versus the speed of athletes and the fact that it’s a binary decision. If there were a third decision (dead heat = too close to call) then maybe I’d support it.
Posted By: APB, Jan 8, 09:57:57
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- 10Dead heat is onside
Posted By: SCC 28, Jan 8, 10:22:19 - Wouldn’t that lead tot he same issue, but with a different point of reference?
Posted By: SimonOTBC, Jan 8, 10:12:46 - 4Also cf. cricket and “umpire’s call”.
Posted By: APB, Jan 8, 10:06:33 - Missing ? there. I don’t like that.
Posted By: APB, Jan 8, 09:58:24
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